Sometimes life is too surreal to be believed. I am a die-hard Janis Joplin fan and several years ago, I was elated that her appearances on the Dick Cavett Show were released in full on DVD. One of the best episodes was from 1970, where just mere months before Janis died, she appeared on the Dick Cavett Show and one of the other guests was actress Raquel Welch. The episode is epic in every way from Janis’ performance of “Get It While You Can,” to her and Raquel engaging in conversation with Dick Cavett. The Cavett box sets that are available on DVD are so great, if you don’t have them or haven’t seen them – I cannot recommend them highly enough. Now that you know the back story, imagine finding out that for a Raquel Welch retrospective film festival, the legendary Dick Cavett would interview Raquel in person to talk about her career?! I hoped that one of the discussion topics would be about Janis and lo and behold – the first part of the interview granted me my wish. I am passing this greatness onto you, so please enjoy watching Dick Cavett and Raquel Welch talking about Janis Joplin on February 11, 2012.

Posted by The G on February 12, 2012 under Encounters with G | Comments are off for this article

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Raquel Welch and Geoffrey Dicker

Raquel Welch works it! The goddess of the silver screen is 71 years old in this picture (take on February 11, 2012) and looks stunning and flawless! May we all look this great! Raquel Welch was in town for a retrospective of her film career and to sweeten the pot, I got to see her interviewed in person by Dick Cavett! It was an incredible experience to say the least and after the interview, I met Raquel Welch. She was very cool and signed autographs for many adoring fans, despite the fact that it was freezing outside (and lightly snowing). Now that is a class actress if I’ve ever seen one! Thanks again Raquel! And readers, stay tuned for a clip of Dick Cavett and Raquel Welch talking about Janis Joplin! Coming soon…

On February 11, 2012 when singer Whitney Houston was breaking on through to the other side at one of my old haunts in Los Angeles, 3000 miles away in New York, history was also being made – but on a happier note. All weekend at the Walter Reade Theatre, the Film Society at Lincoln Center has been paying tribute to one of the goddesses of the silver screen – Raquel Welch. When Raquel was getting her start in the 1970s, she appeared on Dick Cavett’s popular TV talk show. If you’ve ever seen her appearance (and it’s available on DVD – so seeing it is a must!), you saw the sparks fly between Dick Cavett and Raquel Welch. All these years later, the pair reunited for an in-person interview that was conducted prior to a screening of “The Three Musketeers,” starring Ms. Welch.

Raquel Welch

My first thoughts on getting the chance to see history being made before my eyes was my hope that Dick Cavett and Raquel Welch would reminisce about Raquel’s first appearance on the Dick Cavett Show because in addition to Raquel’s appearance, another one of my goddesses was on the show that night – Janis Joplin! As my incredible luck would have it (and don’t worry, I’ll be passing this luck on to you, my dear readers), the first thing they talked about was Janis! From that point on, you could knock me over with a feather, but the hour long interview was just like being at a taping of Cavett’s legendary show as he interjected his witty jokes in between questions and answers and Raquel Welch was more than happy to open up to fielding questions from all aspects of her incredible career.

Dick Cavett

Raquel looked absolutely stunning as the sex siren is 71 years old! She attributes her great body to her daily routine of Yoga and staying out of the sun. She joked that it takes her 9 hours to get ready every day. They also talked about the fact that Raquel has been voted the number two sexiest woman of film (with number 1 being Marilyn Monroe). Raquel said she never got a chance to meet Marilyn and that her and Monroe were nothing alike – though they are often compared to each other.

Dick Cavett and Raquel Welch

As I mentioned before, a video will be coming soon of Dick Cavett and Raquel Welch talking about Janis Joplin, so stay tuned. I am still in awe after seeing these two legends in this format right in front of my eyes! Thanks Dick and Raquel for a night I will never forget!

Posted by The G on September 5, 2011 under Celebrities | Comments are off for this article

Photo and autograph courtesy of the G Archives.

Raquel Welch

Actress Raquel Welch was born today. I’ve met her many times and she’s as gorgeous in person as you’d expect and she’s very nice. If you’ve never seen the best of the Dick Cavett Show box set, I highly recommend them. There’s an episode where Raquel Welch and Janis Joplin not only appear on the same stage (when Raquel’s career was just starting), but they also mention hanging out together! It’s a juicy piece of Hollywood history.